Combined rack and shelf bracket



April 6, 1926.

- E. MKENZIE COMBINEIB RACK AND SHELF BRACKET Filed Oct. 9, 1923Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD MCKENZIE, OF-LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED BACK AND SHELF BRACKET.

Application filed October 9, 1923 I Serial No. 667,533.

provide a simple and inexpensive-structure of this character havingintegral means on the. brace portion of the bracket for supportingclothes hangers and the like. I

A further which the hangers can be suspended;

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combinationand'arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed',;it being understood that changes in theprecise'embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made withinthe scope of what is claimed without 7 departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form "of the invention hasbeen shown; V

In said drawings V j Figure 1 is a view. partly in sideelevation andpartly in section of the device constituting the present invention. p j

Fig.2 is a plan view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation. 1 Referring to the figures by characters ofreference 1 designates the top portion of a bracket preferablytriangular while 2 designates the base or attaching portion and 3 is thebrace portion. The entire bracket is preferably formed of a singlelength of sheet metal joined together at its ends. A tongue 1 is struckdownwardly from the top 1. of

r the bracket and is curvedtoprovide a. hook- 5 whereby one end portionof a poleP may be supported. A series of tongues 6 are struck downwardlyfrom the brace 3, these tongues being preferably extended substantiallyends upturned as retaining means.

shown at 7 to'constitute object is to combine with the bracket a meansfor supporting a pole from vices seated in horizontally and having their.free' apertures 8 are provided in the base portion 2 for the receptionof fastening screws 9 or the like. The top por- .tion' 1 is adapted tosupport a shelf S.

It will be apparent that the device herein described can be used solelyas a support for garment hangers, the same being placed on therespective tongues 6. If desired, however, two or more of these bracketscan be used for the purpose of supporting a shelf S, in which event thehooks 5 can be em- .ployed as means for supporting a pole P. Thusclothes hangers can be placed on the pole between the brackets andadditional hangers can be. supported by the tongues. As the outstrucktongues 6 are out of vertical alinement, the supported garment hang- 7ers and thejgarments thereon will beheld The fasteners 9 obviously serveto hold the terminals 2 of the strip, from which the bracket is made,close toends of the strip cannot spaced apart.

gether so that the spread apart. -By having the tongue [a struckdownwardly as shown so as to come substantially in contact with thebrace 3,

it serves as a supplemental support for the top portion 1 so as toprevent it from sag ging 'under an excessive load.

The structure is very simple, durable and efficient and provides a meanswhereby garments can be compactly stored within a closet. 7

What is claimed is As an article of manufacture a supporting rack formedin. a single length of sheet metal bent to provide a top portion and aninclined brace portion, the terminals of the strip being extended towardeach other from one end of vthe top portion and from the lower endof thebrace portion to constitute a base or attaching portion, these terminalshaving their ends in abutment andbeing provided with openings, andfastening dethe openings for attaching said terminal portions to asupport and holding the ends of the terminal portions to-' gether withthe top and brace portions at a predetermined angle to each other.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own,'I. have heretoaffixed my signature.

' EDWARD MCKENZ

